# Vardan

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'''Vardan''' ({{langx|hy|Վարդան}}; [Vartan](/source/Vartan_(disambiguation)) or [Wartan](/source/Wartan) in [Western Armenian](/source/Western_Armenian) transliteration, pronounced {{IPA|hy|vɑɾˈtʰɑn|}} in both Eastern and Western Armenian), '''[Varden](/source/Varden_(disambiguation))''' ({{lang-ka|ვარდენ}}) in [Georgian](/source/Georgian_language), is an Armenian name of [Middle Persian](/source/Middle_Persian_language) origin (from Mid. Pers. Wardā),<ref name="iranicaonline">{{cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/georgia-v-|title=Linguistic Contacts with Iranian Languages |website=Encyclopaedia Iranica|access-date=2022-07-10}}</ref> popular in [Armenia](/source/Armenia) and Georgia.

==Saint Vardan==
*[Saint Vardan](/source/Saint_Vardan) (Saint Vartan in [Western Armenian](/source/Western_Armenian)), an Armenian saint

==Given name==
*[Vardan Adjemyan](/source/Vardan_Adjemyan), Armenian composer of orchestral, operatic and chamber works
*[Vardan Aigektsi](/source/Vardan_Aigektsi) (died 1250), Armenian author
*[Vardan Ajemian](/source/Vardan_Ajemian) (1905–1977), Soviet Armenian theatral director and actor, People's Artist of USSR (1965)
*[Vardan Areveltsi](/source/Vardan_Areveltsi) (1198–1271), Armenian historian, geographer, philosopher and translator
*[Vardan Ayvazyan](/source/Vardan_Ayvazyan), the former Ecology Minister of Armenia
*[Vardan Bostanjyan](/source/Vardan_Bostanjyan) (born 1949), Armenian politician
*[Vardan Ghazaryan](/source/Vardan_Ghazaryan) (born 1969), Lebanese-Armenian footballer
*[Vardan Khachatryan](/source/Vardan_Khachatryan) (born 1968), former Armenian football defender
*[Vardan Kushnir](/source/Vardan_Kushnir) (1969–2005), spammer of Armenian descent
*[Vardan Mamikonian (musician)](/source/Vardan_Mamikonian_(musician)), Armenian pianist, and a naturalised French citizen
*[Vardan Mazalov](/source/Vardan_Mazalov) (born 1983), Uzbek SSR born Armenian football striker
*[Vardan Militosyan](/source/Vardan_Militosyan) (born 1950), Armenian weightlifter
*[Vardan Minasyan](/source/Vardan_Minasyan) (born 1974), Armenian football manager and former player
*[Vardan Oskanyan](/source/Vardan_Oskanyan) (born 1955), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia during 1998–2008
*[Vardan Voskanyan](/source/Vardan_Voskanyan) (born 1972), Armenian judoka

==See also==
*[Vartan](/source/Vartan_(disambiguation)), another romanization of the name (used mostly in [Western Armenian](/source/Western_Armenian))
*[Wartan](/source/Wartan) in [Western Armenian](/source/Western_Armenian)

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